The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Housing, Homelessness and Local Government

Oct 22, 2025 - BCSH = Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency; CHHA = California Housing and Homelessness Agency; Cal ICH = California Interagency Council on Homelessness; and HDFC = Housing Development and Finance Committee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2023-24 Budget: County of Los Angeles Citizens Redistricting Commission Mandate

May 2, 2023 - Historically, a city council or board of supervisors was responsible for establishing their own new council and supervisor districts, respectively. After the creation of the CRC, some charter cities established independent commissions with the authority to adopt a redistricting plan independent of their city council.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4766

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - According to a nationwide survey conducted by the National Multifamily Housing Council, shown in Figure  4 , the share of rent payments that were on time during COVID ‑19 has been only slightly lower than the share made on time during the same month in 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Since 2021, the state ’s California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH), an entity within the Business, Consumer Services and Housing (BCSH) Agency charged with coordinating the state ’s efforts to address homelessness, has maintained a Homeless Data Integration System (HDIS).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - In 2010, Orange County, Orange County Flood Control District, and 14 cities within Orange County filed a test claim with CSM contending that various sections of the 2009 permit represented state-reimbursable mandated activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 14, 2022 - Administered by the Strategic Growth Council and implemented by HCD, the AHSC Program funds land ‑use, housing, transportation, and land preservation projects to support infill and dense development that reduces GHG emissions.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

The 2022-23 Budget: Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate

Feb 28, 2022 - Because these mandates would be the result of administratively established regulations rather than a state law, adjusting ongoing costs would require modifications to permits issued by the water b oards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - State law further requires our office to analyze any new mandates identified b y the Commission as a part of our annual analysis of the state budget. In particular, state law directs our office to report on the annual state costs for new mandates and make recommendations to the Legislature as to whether the new mandates should be repealed, funded, suspended, or modified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Chapter  608 of 2015 (S B  379 , Jackson) requires that climate change adaptation and resilience be addressed in the safety elements of all general plans in California. Additionally, Chapter  202 of 2019 (S B  99 , Nielsen) and Chapter  681 of 2019 (A B  747 , Levine) require that safety elements identify evacuation routes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Introduction This report contains four primary sections: (1)  a description of the five key climate hazards affecting California, (2)  the major ways those hazards impact sectors across the state, (3)  significant existing state ‑level efforts underway to address climate change impacts, and (4)  key issues for the Legislature to consider in response to these impacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575